牛津大学出版社将 “ rage bait （愤怒诱饵）” 评为了其 2025 年年度词汇。“ Rage bait ” 击败了另外两个入围词汇 “ aura farming （经营人设）” 和 “ biohack （生物黑客）”，最终当选。出版社希望这些词汇能反映出 2025 年人们的集体情绪和讨论热点。

Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait. According to the Oxford University Press, this is defined as online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive.

你是否发现自己会在滑动浏览社交媒体上的信息时变得越来越愤怒？如果是这样的话，那么你很可能是 “rage bait（愤怒诱饵）” 的受害者。牛津大学出版社将这个词定义为 “被刻意设计过的互联网内容，通过使人觉得心烦、受到挑衅或冒犯来引发怒气或愤慨”。

Such content is typically posted in order to increase traffic to websites or social media accounts.

发布这类内容的目的通常是为了增加网页或社交媒体账号的流量。

Shortlisted words were put to a public vote, the results of which help to guide the final decision taken by OUP's language experts.

入围的词汇经过公众投票，投票的结果作为参考帮助牛津大学出版社的语言专家们做出最终决定。

词汇表

irate 愤怒的
scrolling 滑动浏览
falling victim 为…受害者
defined 给…下定义
deliberately 故意地，刻意地
outrage 愤慨，愤怒
frustrating 使人心烦的
provocative 挑衅的
typically 通常
traffic 流量
shortlisted 入围的，候选的
public vote 公众投票

听力练习

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

1. What is this story about?
a. a new social media habit
b. a new word

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. Rage bait makes people angry looking at their social media accounts.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

2. People can cause rage bait by accident.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

3. People post rage bait because they want more _______.
a. outrage
b. scrolling
c. traffic

4. The final word of the year was chosen by a public vote.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. Do ________________ getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed?

2. Such content is typically posted ________________ increase traffic to websites or social media accounts.

答案

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

b. The story is about a word, chosen by Oxford University Press's language experts.

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. a. True. Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait.

2. b. False. According to the Oxford University Press, this is defined as online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive.

3. c. Such content is typically posted in order to increase traffic to websites or social media accounts.

4. b. False. Shortlisted words were put to a public vote, the results of which help to guide the final decision taken by OUP's language experts.

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed?

2. Such content is typically posted in order to increase traffic to websites or social media accounts.